Past Events 2001 - 2008


*Event locations outside of California appear in bold text.

2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008


2008
2/2 Benefit, Chant & Poetry, Rumi Caravan, Sebastopol, CA
4/19 Poetry & Chant, Willets, CA
5/23-26 Chant, Redwood Men’s Center, Camp Gualala, CA
5/31-6/8 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Maine
7/27-28 Chant, Pachamama Institute World Gathering, Mills College, CA
7/31 Benefit, Poetry, The Redwoods Retirement Home, Mill Valley, CA
8/22-24 Chant, No.California Mankind Project Gathering, Atascadero, CA
9/27-10/5 Minnesota Men’s Gathering, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/19 Chant & Singing Workshop, Mt. Shasta, CA
10/20 Benefit, Singing, Mt. Shasta High School, Mt. Shasta, CA
10/25, Guest Lecturer, Graduate Prgm Depth Psychology,
Sonoma State, CA



2007
1/7 Chant Workshop for Women, “The Moon’s Delight,” Mt. Shasta, CA
2/8-9 Chant, Mankind Project, Corona, CA
2/18 Valentine Ritual Bash, Noah Project, Berkeley, CA
3/20-April 7 Doug leads religious & cultural tour, Bali, Indonesia
4/13-15 Love In This World & The Other, Ojai, CA with Francis Weller
4/17-20 Chant & Poetry, Butler University, Indianapolis, ID
5/19 Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
5/25-28 Redwood Men’s Center, Camp Gualala, CA
6/2-10 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Maine
6/15 Chant Pachamama Institute World Gathering, Mills College, CA
6/12-14 Chant “Music That Makes Community,”
St. Gregory’s, San Francisco, CA
6/28 “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/19 Benefit, Poetry, The Redwoods Retirement Home, Mill Valley, CA
7/25-30 Chant, Community Building Workshop, Montreal, Canada
9/4-9 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/19-21 Love In This World & The Other, Cazadero, CA
10/23-28 Keynote Speaker, World Elder Gathering,
Mankind Project, Houston, TX
12/23 “The Well of Light”, Noah Project Solstice Evening, Berkeley, CA



2006
2/4 Poetry, Benefit, Rumi Caravan, Sebastopol, CA
3/16-17 Chant, Soul Work at Esselin, CA with Charley Bloom
4/7-9 Chant & Poetry, Ojai, CA with Francis Weller
7/12-21 Doug leads religious & cultural tour, Bali, Indonesia
9/23-17 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/13-15 Love In This World & The Other,
Cazadero, CA w/ Francis Weller
10/19-22 Chant workshop, Psychology Networker Conference,
San Francisco, CA
11/3-5 Mentone Men’s Conference, Mentone, Alabama with John Lee
11/30-Dec 9 Chant & Poetry, Ashville, NC
12/17 “Sing In The Light”, Noah Project Year End Celebration, Berkeley



2005
3/3-6 Chant, Sounds of the Earth, Seed Institute, Albuquerque, NM
4/8-10 Poetry & Chant, Jayne Gumpel, New York, NY
5/11-16 Poetry & Chant, Unitarian Community, Salt Lake City, UT
5/20-22 Men’s Retreat, Redding Men’s Community,
Camp McCumber, CA
5/28-June 5 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Maine
6/26, “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/8-17 Doug leads religious & cultural tour
Bali, Indonesia, w/ the Blooms
9/9-11 Chant & Poetry, Unitarian Community, Klamath Falls, OR
9/13-18 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/15 Benefit for Gina Rose Halpern, Berkeley, CA
10/21-23 Love in This World and the Other, with Francis Weller
11/4-6 Mentone Men’s Conference, Mentone, Alabama with John Lee
12/18 “Well of Light,” Noah Project Solstice Evening, Berkeley, CA



2004
1/9-16 Yalapa, Mexico with the Blooms
3/20 Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Sebastopol, CA
3/26-28 Chant & Poetry, Calgary, Canada
4/13-14 Chant, American Institute of Ageing, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco
5/28-31 Redwood Men’s Center, Camp Gualala, CA
6/4-13 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Maine
6/18-20, Chant, Michigan Men’s Conference.
6/27 “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/6-15 Doug leads religious & cultural tour
Bali, Indonesia w/the Blooms.
8/14 Mankind Project, Tiburon, CA
8/28 Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
9/14-19 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/22-24 Love In This World & The Other with Francis Weller
10/28-31 Chant, Omega Institute, Florida
11/13 Workshop, “Languages of the Heart”, Redding, CA
12/19 “Well of Light,” Noah Project Solstice Evening, Berkeley, CA



2003
2/20-3/2 Italian Tour Chant Workshops.
Padova, Ferrera, Vicenza, Rome, & Bologna, Italy.
4/5-13 Yalapa, Mexico with Charley & Linda Bloom.
4/24 Poetry, Benefit for Institute of Ageing, La Pena, Berkeley.
5/23-26 Redwood Men’s Center Retreat, Camp Gualala, CA
5/31-June 8. Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Orcas Island, WA
6/23 “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/21-Aug 2 Doug leads religious & cultural tour, Bali, Indonesia
8/11-15 Chant Workshops, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
9/6 “Languages of the Heart”, Redding, CA
9/9-14 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/16-19 Chant Workshops, Heart of Happiness,
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
11/21-23 Unitarian Church, Klamath Falls, Oregon
12/10 Church of Religious Science, Santa Cruz, CA
12/21 “Well of Light,” Noah Project Solstice Gathering, Berkeley, CA
12/30-1/3 Workshop & New Years Celebration,
The Crossings, Austin, TX



2002
1/11 Center For Spiritual Enlightenment, Saratoga, CA
1/12 Benefit, Great Evening of Soul Poetry, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
2/22 Benefit, Anti-War & Civil Liberties, 848 Space, San Francisco, CA
3/ 12-20 Italian Tour chant workshops in Padova, Milano & Turino
4/14-18 Tulane University & Project Return in New Orleans, LA
6/1-9 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Maine
6/23 “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/1-13 Doug leads religious & cultural tour to
Bali, Indonesia w/the Blooms.
8/25 Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
9/10-15 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
10/25 Poetry & Chant, Davis Men’s Council, Davis, CA
11/1-3 Workshop, Heart of Happiness, Omega Institute, Hollywood, FL
11/22 Benefit, Art of the Heart, 848 Space, San Francisco, CA
12/19 Dean Ornish Healing Community, Sausalito, CA
12/22 “Well of Light,” Noah Project Solstice Gathering , Berkeley, CA



2001
1/27 Benefit for Seaflow, Marin Headlands, CA
2/3, Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Sebastapol, CA
4/28 Poetry, Davis Men’s Council, Davis, CA
5/25-28, Redwood Men’s Center Retreat, Camp Gualala, CA
6/2-10 Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, Orcas Island, WA
6/24 “Just Because It’s June!” Noah Project for Men & Women, Berkeley
7/1-10 Doug leads religious & cultural tour to
Bali, Indonesia w/ the Blooms
7/26 Poetry, Dean Ornish Cancer Healing Community, Sausalito, CA
7/27 Soul’s Voice Men’s Gathering, Fairfax, CA
8/24 Benefit, Poetry, Great Night of Rumi, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
8/26 Big Synagogue Chant & Sing, Santa Rosa, CA
9/11-16 Minnesota Men’s Conference, Sturgeon Lake, MN
9/21-23 Soul’s Voice Men’s Retreat, Four Springs, CA
10/13 Big Chant & Poetry, Fort Bragg, CA
11/9 Big Chant & Sing, Campbell, CA
12/16 “Well of Light,” Noah Project Solstice Gathering, Berkeley, CA




“Morning chants…
How can I do justice to the creative energy of that hour of sharing! Glowing voices, loving faces, respect and affirmation. The melody of life weaves through my day recalling poetry and nature, song and dance, the joy of being fully alive.”

Irma Wagner,
Great Mother Community

 

"We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate it."

Jerry Garcia


Doug von Koss with large Native American drum  at the 2002  Great Mother Conference
Doug von Koss, hands in prayer position, leading a song circle of men and women in Italy.